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On the Rila-Mitchell security protocols for biometrics-based cardholder authentication in smartcards
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On the Rila-Mitchell security protocols for biometrics-based cardholder authentication in smartcards
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/2608
- Title
- On the Rila-Mitchell security protocols for biometrics-based cardholder authentication in smartcards
- Author(s)
- Goi, Bok-Min; Phan, Raphael C.
- Abstract
- We consider the security of the Rila-Mitchell security protocols recently proposed for biometrics-based smartcard systems. We first present a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack on one of these protocols and hence show that it fails to achieve mutual authentication between the smartcard and smartcard reader. In particular, a hostile smartcard can trick the reader into believing that it is a legitimate card and vice versa. We also discuss security cautions that if not handled carefully would lead to attacks. We further suggest countermeasures to strengthen the protocols against our attacks, as well as to guard against the cautions highlighted. Our emphasis here is that seemingly secure protocols when implemented with poor choices of parameters would lead to attacks.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Sarawak School of Engineering
- Source
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications ICCSA 2005, 9-12 May 2005, Singapore, Vol. 1, pp. 448-497
- Publication year
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin
- ISBN
- 3 540 25860 4
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11424925_111
- Copyright
- Copyright 2005
- Peer reviewed
